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		•Ceramics of the Edo and Momoyama Periods July 3 - September 30, 2001
			While the Edo period pieces were marked by rich ornamentation, the preceding Momoyama period works attract us with their powerful shapes and designs. This exhibit traces the developments of ceramics from each period, from centers of productions to production techniques and the needs that inspired them.
		•History of Japanese Ceramics July 17 - October 28, 2001
		•Fudo Myo-o and Two Attendants of Takahata Fudoson, Kongo-ji Temple December 19 - March 31, 2002
			Kongo-ji is an old temple of Shingon Sect Buddhism in Hino-shi, Tokyo and is popularly known as Takahata Fudo. The Fudo Myo-o (Acalanatha) and two attendants enshrined in the templešs Fudo-do Hall drew attention of scholars in recent years as one of the few large-scale examples of Fudo triad dating from the late Heian period, and were registered as Important Cultural Property in 1994 by the Japanese government. In the late Heian period large-scaled statues of Buddhist divinities were often produced. This triad is one of the few surviving works that give us an idea of those grand images.
		•Meiji Period Decorative and Applied Arts June 19 - September 16, 2001
			This display includes examples of textiles, lacquer ware, metalwork, ceramics, and cloisonne-enamel. "Just like a painting" is the theme of the current display and one of the key phrases to keep in mind in regard to Meiji period decorative and applied arts. The folding screen and framed pictures may look like paintings, but the screens are actually textiles dyed in the yuzen technique and the framed "pictures" are cloisonne-enamel work. There are also 3-D works that resemble paintings. The artistsš attention was devoted to a painterly decoration of the surface, rather than to the modeling of object itself. These rather unusual artworks were typical of the Meiji period.
		•The Hirota Collection of Japanese Decorative and Applied Arts July 10 - September 2, 2001
			Mr. Hirota Matsushige (1897-1973) was an art dealer for many years and donated to the Museum a cumulative total of close to 500 works. The present exhibition highlights Japanese decorative and applied arts, focusing on the connoisseurship of ceramics and lacquer ware.
		•Commemorating the 1100th Anniversary of Sugawara no Michizanešs Death Tenjin - Art Related to Sugawara no Michizane July 10 - August 26, 2001
			This exhibit presented about 250 artworks related to Sugawara no Michizane, including treasures that have been stored in shrines but rarely put on view; works that were permitted to be displayed just for this special occasion; and works of art that returned from abroad to appear in this exhibition.
		•Wonder and Joy - Children in Japanese Art October 2 - November 11, 2001
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